Indonesia:Actor of Violation in Tripa To Be Prosecuted

The joint investigation team collected more than a dozen soil samples as well as measuring peat depth from various hotspots in SPS2 concession. Upon multiple results of in palm oil plantations in peat deeper than 3 meters, Ministry of Environment investigators question why the company illegally operates in deep peat, to which SPS2 representatives responded by admitting they have never measured the peat depth. (Coalition to Save Tripa/Handout)

Banda Aceh, (Analisa). The Head of REDD+ Task Force, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, emphasized that the government will take assertive action to both the companies and certain party within the governmental bureaucracy involved in the legal violation in Tripa Peat Swamp in Nagan Raya District.

REDD+ Task Force has also appreciated all ministries and law enforcement institutions to firmly and effectively process the case in Tripa.

"With such good work, we hope that the case can be processed properly to ...